Sooty-faced Finch
Arremon crassirostris (Cassin, 1865)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Sooty-faced Finch, Arremon crassirostris, is a passerine of Costa Rica and Panama in Middle America. It lives in montane evergreen forest in subtropical and lower temperate zones, where it keeps to thick undergrowth, especially in ravines and beside streams. The bird is a year-round resident. It is set apart by a rusty crown and a white moustache-like mark on a dark grey head and nape, with dark olive-green upperparts and yellow on the lower breast and belly. It was first described in 1865 and is now placed in the New World sparrows.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Costa Rica and Panama
